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Quote from: MWBailey on May 06, 2024, 11:57:17 AMHey there!
Nope, I'm not dead, I'm still a steampunk, and I intend to keep posting
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Quote from: von Corax on May 06, 2024, 09:08:06 PMThe new Canadian $20 bill, the first bill to feature the likeness of King Charles III will be released in early 2027.
Quote from: MWBailey on November 05, 2023, 04:04:01 PMAuthor's Note:
An explanation for my recent sudden hiatus and absence is forthcoming, as well as more chapters, however short time constraints force me to make them!
Quote from: Sir Henry on October 26, 2023, 04:46:06 PMThe house used to be a Home for disable adults, so it had Safety Features.
1)There's the main wiring for the house at 240v. Though because every room has a shutoff switch (for all the electrics in the room) outside the room and a test circuit, the switches have as many as 9 wires going into each one.
2) The fire alarm and sensors are all wired up in a 12v circuit throughout the house. When we first lit the wood stove, alarms were going off in places no-one had been for over 20 years!
3) The best of all. All the internal doors are fire doors but as it was residential they were open all the time. This was done with an electromagnet attached to the wall behind every door and a metal disk attached to the back of every door. When the fire alarm went off it cut power to the magnets and all the doors would close thanks to the strong door-closing mechanism on each one.
This was a 96v circuit.
What happens when you leave all the doors magnetically left open for 2 years while the place is empty, I hear you ask. Glad you asked. Several of the magnets were hot to the touch when we moved in and every single door frame had needed to be reset as they had all been pulled out of square. And it turns out that you can fill the large gaps this creates with baby wipes. Loads and loads of baby wipes.
Best of luck with yours.